Crafty Blogs to Explore - 28th Edition

It was such a busy week my only crafting, if you can call it that, came in the form or sewing captains patches on my son's hockey jerseys last night. I hope you can find enough time to explore these crafty blogs today... I sure am going to try:

• The Impatient Crafter - If you're attending the Tucson Gem Show or CHA, Madge would love to meet you! Check out her schedule and come take a class or get a signed copy of one of her new books!

• The Crochet Dude - Drew kicks off the New Year with a free pattern. Check out his "Cafe Couture"!

• Stefanie Girard's Sweater Surgery - Check out super cute pair of camo baby booties I knit from a pattern in the book Faith, Hope, Love, Knitting.

• Layers Upon Layers - Fabulous artwork by a very motivated distance learner :-)

• Cross Stitch at About.com - Be the first to stitch and submit a photo of Connie's free BGB Gizmo Pattern and have your photo featured as the stitched model. Get your 15 minutes of Cross Stitch fame!

• Crafty Princess Diaries - The Crafty Princess asks: Are you a tweaker or a tried and true crafty type?

• Craftside- A behind-the-scenes peek at a crafty world - Kicking off the new year Craftside will theme each week with a letter from the alphabet and give away a book a week to a lucky commentor. This week there is ATC art, a free antler graphic from Design Parts Sourcebook: Romantic, photos from an appearance by Patti Medaris Culea with doll and altered book pocket design, and a sneak peek at some of the cool pages from Essential Fashion Illustration-Men.

• Cathie Filian - Cathie Filian has a fun tutorial on recycling jeans into fashion cuffs with personalized patches.

• Aileen's Musings - Download some freebie Cabinet Cards from Aileen's Musings this week, and check out her gouache paint and altered cabinet card tutorial.

(Graphic is courtesy of morgue.com)